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| re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 03:36 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. - BroadwayTonyJ 05:49 pm EDT 04/03/18 | |
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| "Yes. 6 performances and 3 previews. Variety announced that it had recouped its investment shortly after it closed. The operating costs must have been minimal -- it was a concert. " I don't doubt you, but that is very surprising. I don't remember what the ticket prices were, but regardless, I can't imagine how it could recoup over so short a run. It may have been a concert, but it was quite an elaborate one, as I recall, with a large cast. Perhaps they were able to keep costs down by writing the contracts along the lines of an Encores! show? |
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| re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:22 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. - Michael_Portantiere 03:36 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
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| Variety did describe it as an Encores-type show. I believe the tickets may have been $75. If they sold out all 9 performances, 1727 x 9 = 15,543 x 75 = $1,165,725.00 -- I guess recoupment theoretically would be possible. | |
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| re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. | |
| Posted by: ryhog 10:34 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. - BroadwayTonyJ 04:22 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
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| Apropos of what I said earlier about recoupment being gibberish for Disney, this is the explication. What expenses were offset (and not) against revenue? Like not many of the big ticket ones. | |
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| re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 03:57 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. - Michael_Portantiere 03:36 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
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| I don't know. Back then I used to subscribe to Variety. Like a true theatre nerd, I used to save the theatre section from each week. I always highlighted articles that reported that various Broadway shows had recouped. I know King David was supposed to be a fill-in show until The Lion King was ready. I knew it was a short run -- I'm not sure if I realized at the time that it only ran for 9 shows. I do know that its recoupment was announced in Variety. | |
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| re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. | |
| Posted by: Ann 04:14 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. - BroadwayTonyJ 03:57 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
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| Link | Maybe this was the article |
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| re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 04:36 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
| In reply to: re: i don't think Aladdin actually announced. - Ann 04:14 pm EDT 04/04/18 | |
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| That is definitely one of the articles I remember reading in the theatre section I had clipped out for that week. I believe there was an earlier very brief one -- probably a paragraph or just a few sentences referring to King David. I tried googling and couldn't find it. I actually saved the theatre sections of Variety for about 20 years, but finally had to discard them. Thanks for finding that article. | |
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